Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

CTL-E-3953 · Policy · court_case · 1948

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1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding racially restrictive covenants judicially unenforceable as state action under the Fourteenth Amendment; the culmination of the challenges Hansberry v. Lee (1940) encouraged.

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Also known as: Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1

Notes

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Sources

Black Art Story - Hansberry v. Lee
NPR/WUOT - Racial covenants, a relic of the past

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Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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